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Profiles May 31, 2018

Punyashloka Venkatarama Bhatta's Abiding Devotion to Vedic Learning

My Thread Ceremony   Sri Venkatarama Bhatta urged my grandfather and my younger grandfather to perform my Thread Ceremony as early as possible. It seems...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles May 23, 2018

The Daily Routine of Punyashloka Venkatarama Bhatta

Sri Shivashankara Sastri On occasion, Sri Shivashankara Sastri and Pocambhatlu Narasimha Sastri would visit our home to perform Homams and other rituals. I mus...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles May 22, 2018

Basavappa Shastri

M Venkatakrishnaiah, M S Puttanna, C Subbarao, and other language enthusiasts in Mysore decided to publish a monthly magazine called Hitabodhini. They decided i...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Dhruva Somayaji

Profiles May 16, 2018

Relatives and the Culinary Prowess of Punyashloka Venkatarama Bhatta

Nivrutti Tippa Bhatta Sri Venkatarama Bhatta’s wife, the Revered Mother Akkayyamma hailed from Mudiyanoor, an Agrahara[i] populated by the Vaidika Brahmanas of...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles May 09, 2018

Punyashloka Venkatarama Bhatta: His Lineage and Family

If there’s anything good in my life, Sri Vedamurti Venkatarama Bhatta is one of the people responsible for it. He is akin to my grandfather. Sri Annambhatta an...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles May 08, 2018

S G Narasimhacharya

Once my craze for English came under control, the craze for Kannada began. During those days [i.e. the early 20th century], for people of my age, a prominent na...

D V Gundappa | Trans: K B S Ramachandra

Profiles May 06, 2018

Contemporary Vasistha Maharshi: Punyashloka Venkatarama Bhatta

A Tragic Episode   At the time of my grandfather’s death, Sri Venkatarama Bhatta was among the four or five other people—including my father and younger...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles May 02, 2018

Attikuppe Krishnashastri

We know that in December 1919, the Mysore People’s Convention, a citizens’ initiative, met in Bangalore. Among the members who came to attend the meeting, aroun...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra G S

Profiles Apr 25, 2018

D. Venkataramaiah

In and around the period 1907–08, Advocate Sri. D. Venkataramaiah was among the foremost public personalities in Bangalore. A road in Malleswaram has been named...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kashyap N Naik

Profiles Apr 09, 2018

Varadaraja Iyengar and the Abalāśrama

I vividly remember the opening ceremony of the abalāśrama[1]. It must have been in 1909 or 1910. That day of celebration started with the traditional nāgasvaram...

D V Gundappa | Trans: K B S Ramachandra

Profiles Apr 02, 2018

Sri Venkatanaranappa: A Life of Dharma

Now, a tragic episode. Sri Venkatanarana Bhatta’s wife (I think her name is Smt Venkamma. I can’t clearly recollect it now) hit upon a plan that seems bizarre....

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Apr 01, 2018

The Affectionate Venkatanarana Bhatta: Finding Fulfilment in Simple Things

Sri Venkatanarana Bhatta hailing from Mulbagal was a relative and a disciple of Sri Venkatarama Bhatta. His speech was affected with mild stammering but that di...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna